SIP <-> SS7 Gateways
SS7 (or C7) is the main signalling for PSTN interconnections. How do we interface between a SS7 network and a SIP network?- Cosmos SS7-SIP Gateway Turn-key, high performance SS7/C7 solution from Cosmact. Scales from 1E1 to 64E1 per chassis. Supports single point code across multiple chassis. Flexible built in routing/digit manipulation rules for SS7/SIP conversion.
- Verisign offers a SIP to SS7 interconnection service.
- SS7/SIGTRAN SIP access service available at: The Voice Peering Fabric.
- Cantata Technology has an integrated media and signalling VoIP gateway that supports SS7, PRI and CAS for PSTN with SIP and H.323 for IP. IMG1010.
- Squire Technologies' SS7 and VoIP media gateway provides full call control routing and supports SIP, H.323, MGCP, H.248 and SS7, PRI ISDN, CAS, R2 SVI_MG SS7 Media Gateway
Resources
- RFC 3372 - Best current practise: Session Initiation Protocol for Telephones (SIP-T): Context and Architectures (About SIP - PSTN gateways)
- Master Thesis by Gonzalo Camarillo, published 1998 http://standards.ericsson.net/gonzalo/papers/report.pdf
- "Integration of SIP & SS7 for VoIP: Opportunities and Challenges" by James Rafferty at Cantata Technology. SIP Magazine March 2007
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